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Bill	Income taxation: exclusion: victim compensation.	The Personal Income Tax Law, in modified conformity with federal law, generally defines "gross income" as income from whatever source derived, except as specifically excluded, and provides various exclusions from gross income for purposes of computing tax liability.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 2979	California AB 2979 (20232024)	bill	Income taxation exclusion victim compensation	enacted	Mike Fong	6	22	5	2024-02-16	2024-07-15	openstates	ocd-bill/2f6697df-ea7e-4af2-9e1c-ee7fbb7e67ab	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2979	a8f66006bf8b81a7602424b502c53f82efb620825e352f06c20d979615ec9985	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2979 (20232024) — Income taxation: exclusion: victim compensation.

The Personal Income Tax Law, in modified conformity with federal law, generally defines "gross income" as income from whatever source derived, except as specifically excluded, and provides various exclusions from gross income for purposes of computing tax liability.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. 02/16/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/18/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/17/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/15/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB2979 (committee substitute) — source
6. 07/01/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Consent Calendar 2nd AB2979 Mike Fong et al. — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2979 Mike Fong Consent Calendar Second Day — 71–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Mike Fong — primary (person)
• Berman — coauthor (person)
• Sanchez — coauthor (person)
• Ting — coauthor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2024-02-16 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2024-02-17 From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
• 2024-03-18 Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. referral-committee
• 2024-03-18 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-03-19 Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. referral-committee
• 2024-04-08 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2024-04-17 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-04-18 Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. referral-committee
• 2024-04-30 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-05-15 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 15). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-05-16 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-05-21 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 5446.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-05-22 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2024-05-29 Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. referral-committee
• 2024-06-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-06-24 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2024-06-25 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-06-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-06-27 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2024-07-03 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2024-07-15 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-07-15 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 119, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2f6697df-ea7e-4af2-9e1c-ee7fbb7e67ab. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).